A Southern California interfaith coalition today commended the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles for having the courage to stand up to bigotry by canceling an event featuring the leader of a notorious anti-Muslim hate group.

With a high profile attack on a government TV station, escalating fighting around Damascus and talk of increasing covert foreign support, Syriaâ€™s rebels are bringing the fight ever closer to Bashar Al Assad.

By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, sports@muslimobserver.com File: Saudi women soccer players. Saudi Arabia is one of three countries that have never sent female athletes to the Olympics, with the other two being Qatar and Brunei. But now, Saudi may be changing that. The International Olympic Committee says talks have been ongoing with Saudi Arabia …